"meet up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: meets up [present, singular, third-person], meeting up [participle, present], met up [participle, past], met up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|meet<,,met> up}} meet up (third-person singular simple present meets up, present participle meeting up, simple past and past participle met up)
  1. (intransitive) To come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location): quedar (Catalan), tavata (Finnish), rencontrer (French), sich treffen (German), vāu-īe (Khiamniungan Naga), huirua (Maori), treffes (Norwegian Bokmål), møtes (Norwegian Bokmål), tariy (Quechua), встречаться (vstrečatʹsja) (Russian), quedar (Spanish), encontrarse (Spanish), verse (Spanish), juntarse (Spanish), träffas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-meet_up-en-verb-mspo8vza Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Quechua translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location': 100 0
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To meet (a person) by arrangement. Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (transitive: to meet (a person) by arrangement): vāu-īe (Khiamniungan Naga), verse con (Spanish), salirle al encuentro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-meet_up-en-verb-GYxo6TQf Disambiguation of 'transitive: to meet (a person) by arrangement': 1 99

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location."
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          "sense": "intransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location",
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        "To meet (a person) by arrangement."
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      "word": "salirle al encuentro"
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